FLOOD victims from Mamelodi in Tshwane are angry.
The victims claimed that they might be left homeless again as they were told to leave the Nellmapius Hall in Tshwane, a place they have called home for more than two years.
Their shacks were destroyed by floods in 2021.
They told Daily Sun that they felt neglected and abandoned by the government.
Flood victim Johanna Skhosana (63) said: "We are tired, we are voters, and we are left vulnerable in this big hall. The residents of Nellmapius want us gone and we don't have any alternative as we can't go back to our old place, because we fear to die. We want new places where we can start life again."
The angry gogo wants to be moved to a new and better place.
"This is terrible. We have suffered enough, and we don't want to be treated like toys," she said.
The flood victims told Daily Sun that the city allegedly wants them to go back to where they were living before, but they said they won't go back to where they almost died.
Olgar Cenough (50) said that they want the municipality to take them to a better place.
"We are living here because we don't have any choice. We are not going back to the place we almost died," she said.
Another flood victim, Samuel Simbini (66), said: "We want a place to live as we can't do anything here."
City of Tshwane Mayor Cilliers Brink said: "I'm not aware of any officials who went to Nellmapius hall, but I'll invistigate."
He said they remain committed to the resettlement of Mamelodi flood victims.
"It's important that communities don't settle on flood places," he said.
Brink said they haven't given instructions that the hall must be vacated.
ANC Tshwane spokesman Joel Masilela said: "ANC has never deserted its people. We blame the DA led coalition, including EFF for making people suffer."
He said it's not true that local Ccouncilor Joyce Simelane told flood victims to go back to the same place where they used to live.
